Army Reserve Private 1st Class Torrence Saunders, of Atlanta, Ga., a photographer with Det. 5, 982nd Combat Camera Co. (Airborne), comforts his mother and aunt during his deployment ceremony in the 335th Signal Command (Theater) headquarters in East Point, Ga., March 7, 2017. The detachment was embarking on a nine-month deployment to the middle east to support Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, the international coalition composed of military and forces from over 30 countries established to defeat ISIL in Syria and Iraq. ( Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken

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Army Reserve Private 1st Class Torrence Saunders, of Atlanta, Ga., a photographer with Det. 5, 982nd Combat Camera Co. (Airborne), comforts his mother and aunt during his deployment ceremony in the 335th Signal Command (Theater) headquarters in East Point, Ga., March 7, 2017. The detachment was embarking on a nine-month deployment to the middle east to support Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, the international coalition composed of military and forces from over 30 countries established to defeat ISIL in Syria and Iraq. ( Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)

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